The great comics artist Wallace Wood is celebrated today with two of his best late humor pieces, both from DC’s PLOP! in the mid-seventies. For more on Woody, check out one of MY blogs (he said modestly) at http://wallywoodart.blogspot.com/ .

http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2009/11/warriors-and-wizards-week-sunday.html

As real fans of Disney’s DONALD DUCK in his comic book appearances know, there really are more “good duck artists” than just Carl Barks (and Don Rosa). THE COMIC BOOK CATACOMBS, for instance, shows us a 1941 Duck story tentatively credited by GCD to Jack Hannah, who would go on to direct nearly 100 DONALD DUCK shorts. Whoever drew it, it’s pretty!

http://comicbookcatacombs.blogspot.com/2009/11/donadl-duck-in-old-macdonald-duck-dell.html

Sam Henderson shows off the first of 4 pieces on BLAST # 2, a forgotten 1971 R-rated satire mag whose credits boast work by, amongst others, Mike Kaluta, Alan Weiss, Nick Cuti, Jim Mooney and Marv Wolfman. If only it were funny.

http://themagicwhistle.blogspot.com/2009/11/blast-2-1-of-4.html

It’s always fun to talk about the short-lived 1970′s Atlas line of comics that promised innovation and ended up with stolen creators and often completely derivative characters, ideas and plots. Here’s THE COUGAR with perhaps more of an in-depth look than the title needs (and no, it’s NOT about a MILF chasing hot young bad guys. THAT would have been innovative!).

http://www.thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/?p=906